Ed Milband: PM's focus is on Liam Fox not unemployed

Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses David Cameron of fighting for the Defence
Secretary's job but failing to keep people around the country in employment.

2:10PM BST 12 Oct 2011

Referring to the controversy surrounding Liam Fox's friendship with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, Mr Miliband said: "On the day of the worst unemployment figures in 17 years, the Prime Minister is fighting to save the job of the Defence Secretary but he is doing nothing to save the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people up and down the country.

"It's one rule if you are in the Cabinet, it's another rule for everyone else."

Mr Cameron insisted the Government had to stick to its economic plan.

"If we change course on reducing our deficit we would end up with interest rates like Portugal, like Spain, like Greece, and we would send our economy into a tailspin," he said.